The Forum (Inglewood, California)
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The Forum in Inglewood, California is a historic indoor arena best known as the longtime home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Forum, Inglewood | 4 |
| Forum (Inglewood, California) | 1 |
| Forum in Inglewood (The Forum) | 1 |
| The Forum (Inglewood, California) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3047108 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Forum (Inglewood, California) Context triple: [Charles Luckman Associates, notableWork, The Forum (Inglewood, California)]
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Los Angeles best known for hosting major events including the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and serving as a longtime home for prominent college and professional sports teams.
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B.
Galt Arena Gardens
Galt Arena Gardens is a historic indoor ice hockey arena in Cambridge, Ontario, recognized as one of the oldest continuously operating arenas in the world.
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C.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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D.
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live was a major indoor entertainment venue in downtown Los Angeles known for hosting high-profile award shows, concerts, and live events.
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E.
Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a large multi-purpose complex in downtown Long Beach, California, featuring convention halls, an arena, and performance venues that host conferences, trade shows, concerts, and other major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Forum (Inglewood, California) Target entity description: The Forum in Inglewood, California is a historic indoor arena best known as the longtime home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
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A.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Los Angeles best known for hosting major events including the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and serving as a longtime home for prominent college and professional sports teams.
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B.
Galt Arena Gardens
Galt Arena Gardens is a historic indoor ice hockey arena in Cambridge, Ontario, recognized as one of the oldest continuously operating arenas in the world.
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C.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a famous open-air amphitheater in Los Angeles renowned for its iconic band shell and major concerts and cultural events.
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D.
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live was a major indoor entertainment venue in downtown Los Angeles known for hosting high-profile award shows, concerts, and live events.
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E.
Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a large multi-purpose complex in downtown Long Beach, California, featuring convention halls, an arena, and performance venues that host conferences, trade shows, concerts, and other major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert venue
ⓘ
entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Western Forum
ⓘ
Kia Forum ⓘ The Forum ⓘ |
| architect | Charles Luckman ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designStyle | Roman Coliseum-inspired ⓘ |
| formerHomeArenaOf |
Los Angeles Kings
ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ Los Angeles Lazers ⓘ Los Angeles Sparks ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.thekiaforum.com/ ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Inglewood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Inglewood, California
Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County, California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nearbyLandmark | SoFi Stadium ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers
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hosting NBA Finals games ⓘ hosting Stanley Cup Finals games ⓘ hosting major rock and pop concerts ⓘ |
| opened | 1967 ⓘ |
| openingDate | December 30, 1967 ⓘ |
| owner |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
ⓘ
surface form:
Madison Square Garden Company
Steve Ballmer ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball games
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boxing events ⓘ concerts ⓘ ice hockey games ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ |
| purchasedBy |
Madison Square Garden Company 2012
ⓘ
Steve Ballmer 2020 ⓘ |
| renovation | major renovation completed 2014 ⓘ |
| renovationCost | approximately $100 million ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 17,500 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Great Western Savings & Loan
ⓘ
Kia Motors ⓘ
surface form:
Kia
|
| sponsoredNamePeriod |
Great Western Forum
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surface form:
Great Western Forum 1988–2003
Kia Forum ⓘ
surface form:
Kia Forum 2022–
|
| surfaceType | multi-surface event floor ⓘ |
| tenancyEnd |
Los Angeles Kings 1999
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Los Angeles Lakers 1999 ⓘ Los Angeles Lazers 1989 ⓘ Los Angeles Sparks 2001 ⓘ |
| tenancyStart |
Los Angeles Kings 1967
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Los Angeles Lakers 1967 ⓘ Los Angeles Lazers 1982 ⓘ Los Angeles Sparks 1997 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Forum (Inglewood, California) Description of subject: The Forum in Inglewood, California is a historic indoor arena best known as the longtime home of the Los Angeles Lakers and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Forum (Inglewood, California)
this entity surface form:
Forum in Inglewood (The Forum)
this entity surface form:
The Forum, Inglewood
this entity surface form:
The Forum, Inglewood
subject surface form:
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons (1988 NBA Finals)
this entity surface form:
The Forum, Inglewood
subject surface form:
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons (1988 NBA Finals)
this entity surface form:
The Forum, Inglewood